A/N Ok, I rewrote this fic because I thought that we should skip the registration and get down to business. So, here it is! It doesn't really matter if you haven't read the old one. It was crap anyway. Well, I guess I'll just have to shut up now so you can read right? Read on, and don't forget what to do after reading!

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Chapter 1: What's in a Name?

In an alternate universe, the stars of Final Fantasies VII, VIII, and X have gathered together to participate in an exclusive tournament. All of them scattered around the room, conversing with their so-called rivals. Their chitchat was about to end however, for a woman ascended the stage with a microphone in hand.

"Ahem, ahem. Hi everyone! Welcome to the first ever Final Fantasy Tournament. As you already know, I'm Tiffany, and I will be hosting the tournament along with my big bro Xain," Tiffany said to crowd. "Erm…Xain, may you come up the stage please?" she said to Xain who was leaning against the wall at the sidelines of the stage.

"No friggin way," Xain said to himself. He was never good with crowds, and wondered why he was chosen to be the co-host.

"Forgive him, he's a little shy that's all," she apologized. "Anyway, let's get to business here! You all know that you're here for the tournament, and of course, I'll be explaining the rules, since you know, rules are important and…"

"Oh Hell! Just get on with it already!" Barret complained. The host's perkiness was starting to annoy him.

"Fine, fine. Alright, here's the deal. This is not, I repeat, is not a Survivor type game. This will be more of a team effort in which you will have to score points. How you ask will you score points? Easy! There will be different events and challenges in which you will pick a teammate to participate in, so be aware of your mate's strengths and weaknesses, or you could loose in a heartbeat.

The crowd was now chattering with excitement. The four bad-asses (namely Cloud, Vincent, Squall, and Auron) have looked up from where they were sitting with a smirk on their face. Rikku and Yuna were conversing about how thrilling this tournament will be. Zell had stopped munching on his hotdogs, Selphie and Quistis were on his side just incase he might choke again. Tifa, Aerith, and Rinoa however were still indulged in their girl talk.

"So what types of challenges will there be exactly?" Red XIII asked. Apparently, it was Angelo who wanted to ask, but it was a pity he can't talk.

"Oh you won't believe how many! For the next 30 days, there will be nothing but challenges. Well, there will be breaks of course and some special and surprise events. There will be one-on-one fights, tag-team battles, team clashes, and much, much more. The harder the challenge is, the higher the points you get." Tiffany responded.

"When do we start? I'm pumped up now, ya!" Wakka exclaimed. Since he heard there were team clashes, he was hoping that there would be Blitzball.

"The challenges start tomorrow, but first you all are going to need a team name." She explained, looking at each and every one of the participants. "I'll be giving you 20 minutes the most to select a name. Once you're done, just wait for the other teams to finish and we'll reveal them together."

"Humph. That girl's explaining it like we're in fuckin' kindergarten," Cid said, conversing with Irvine in a table to the far left.

"We won't be randomly selected to different teams?" Auron asked in another corner.

"Of course not! We thought that you'd like to stay with your original group!" Tiffany responded.

"Humph, fine." Auron was really hoping that he'd go with a different team since Rikku's crush on him was getting a little too irritating.

"Alright then, gather up your group and start your conferences!" Having said what she had to say, Tiffany walked up to her big bro. "Are you just gonna stand there and let me do all the work?" she told her brother, irritated.

"Why not? You've got one hell of a mouth that won't stop flapping. Nothing I could do compared to that." Xain replied.

Tiffany looked aggravated, but then they both moved to the other room to give the teams time to think up of a team name.

Meanwhile, at the far right corner of the room, the gang of FFVIII was arguing about what their team name ought to be…

"Simple, we should be the SeeDs. After all, all of us here are SeeDs," Quistis suggested.

"Ahem," was Rinoa's only reply, pointing to herself.

"Yeah, Rin isn't a SeeD, we can't use that name." Selphie responded, then leaned over to Zell. "She's not a SeeD, but a spoiled, annoying, clueless brat, that's what." Zell snickered at her comment.

"I got it! How about the Heartthrobs?" Irvine said. "It's got a nice ring to it, don't you think?"

"You know, not all of us are die-hard flirts like you are," Quistis said disapprovingly. "Can't you think about anything else but girls?"

"Oh! I've got it!" Rinoa raised a hand. "The Lionhearts! How about that!" she exclaimed with a tone of triumph.

Squall just shrugged his shoulders. He didn't really care what the group would be called, so he just stayed out of the conversation.

"Hey, that's not fair." Zell complained. "That's Squall's ultimate weapon. Might as well name the group Ehrgeiz or Exeter."

"Ooh, Save the Queen, Strange Vision, and Shooting Star!" Selphie cried out excitedly, but the group just looked at her irritably. "What? I thought we were playing a game." She said to them as innocently as possible.

"Urgh, we can't be the Lionhearts! It's too centered on 'snobby' over there." Irvine pointed at Squall. "Besides, the world doesn't revolve around him; he's not the only one who saved the Earth. But I must admit it's a bad-ass name for our team.

"So you're saying that we should name the team after you?" asked Rinoa in a sort of teasing way.

"Of course not! But I would like that." He smiled. He ran a hand through his hair while gazing at Tifa dreamily, who seemed to be arguing with Cid.

Zell snapped his fingers at Irvine's ear but it didn't wake him from his revere. "Yo! Earth to Irvine!"

"Forget it Zell. We've lost him." Quistis said to Zell. She was looking at what had caught his attention and wasn't surprised why he was in that state. "Those couple of things will sure keep him happy these next thirty days." She shook her head.

Squall was getting irritated that they haven't chosen a name yet. There was a lot more arguing between his teammates, mostly between Zell and Rinoa since they lost Irvine, before they gave up and had no idea what name they'd use.

"How about Ragnarok?" Squall spoke up.

"W-what?" Zell couldn't believe his ears.

"Ragnarok. After our airship." He repeated, trying to keep his cool. He really gets annoyed easy if he had to repeat his words over again.

"Yeah, I heard you the first time, but…" Zell started.

"…you haven't spoken since was arrived here." Selphie finished his sentence. "We thought you lost your voice or something, teehee!" she said jokingly.

"Whatever." Squall replied in his usual bored tone.

"So, what do you think guys?" Rinoa looked around at her teammates.

"It's an excellent name, I should say. I couldn't expect less from my top student." Quistis said approvingly, adjusting her glasses in the bridge of her nose.

"Reality check, you're not an instructor anymore, Ms. Trepe." Zell replied.

"Well, I will be again once someone replays the game!" she retorted.

"Okay…..well, I approve. Ragnarok it is?" Selphie asked, but then just remembered, "Wait, what about Irvine?"

"Let the guy gag. Besides who cares about his opinion? It's always girls, girls, girls." Zell looked at Irvine in disgust since saliva began dripping of his mouth.

"Ragnarok it is!" Rinoa replied to Selphie with a high five.

"Our official team name: Team Ragnarok." Quistis said, confirming it.

"Finally," their group leader said to himself. All that arguing before was starting to make his ears bleed.

At the FFVII corner of the room, the team had already decided what name they'd use. Well, not before all those curses and screams from Cid who wanted to name the group 'Highwind'.

"Highwind is good I tell ya! Highwind! Just because you bastards are from Avalanche, doesn't mean that that should be our team name!" he shouted at Barret. He was arguing with Tifa at first, but she gave up, so Barret took her place. The two bad-ass, bad-mouths have been on each others throats for minutes, leaving the others to just stand and watch.

"What a sorry excuse for a team name that would make. Why not Team Sierra instead?" Bearret retorted with a note of heavy sarcasm. "What a fucking girly name that would be. Besides, Avalanche would give the other teams a message that we are a force that shouldn't be reckoned with."

"Heh, what's so special about snow falling from a mountain? I can't believe you used that shitty name for your resistance team!" Cid yelled at him.

Both at them continued to argue that the rest where getting tired of it, except for Cloud who was looking at them anxiously. The others just sat there at their table until their fight would end, having conversations while they were at it.

"Hey, Tifa." Aerith poked Tifa in the shoulder.

"Hm?...What?" Tifa turned to Aerith and saw her giggling at what she was eying.

"Over there!" Aerith pointed at FFVIII's corner of the room.

"What about them?" She didn't really get the point, but Aerith continued to giggle.

"Not them! Him!" she pointed directly at Irvine who's eyes were directed at Tifa's 'ahem'.

"Ew, gross! That's guys drooling!" She still didn't get why Aerith giggled at something so nasty, but she can't help but crack a smile herself. "What the heck is he staring at?"

"You silly!" Aerith laughed a lot harder now.

Tifa turned from Aerith, to Irvine, following his gaze right down to her chest. "Oh." She blushed.

"You should go talk to him! He is so interested in you." Aerith told her.

"What? No way! I might as well stay away from him. Besides, I…wait a minute, your not planning what I think you are, are you?" Tifa turned to Aerith with suspicion in her eyes.

"Er…planning what?" a drop of sweat ran through Aerith's face.

"You're planning to hook me up with Mr. Drooly-pants over there so you could have Cloud to yourself!" Tifa snapped.

Aerith looked shocked at Tifa's statement, "Tifa, you wouldn't expect me to do something like that would you?" she replied, trying to sound as innocent as possible.

"So it is true! Why you 'BEEP'" she said as she lounged toward Aerith

The rest is censored after that. So, at another corner of the table, it seemed like Yuffie has gotten hold of some materia.

"Yuffie! Give that back! You can't just go around stealing stuff from people" an infuriated Vincent chased Yuffie around the table.

"I'm a thief! What do you expect?" Yuffie replied. She climbed up one of the pillars in the room and settled herself in the pieces of wood that held up the roof. "Hah! Can't reach me here, can ya?" she said as she stuck out her tongue at the so-called vampire.

Vincent's eyes were bulging out of their sockets in anger. He knew himself that he could fly up there as Chaos, but if he did transform, he would lose control of himself.

"Let her go Vincent. There's plenty more materia in the world, not just that box you have." Red XIII said, walking up to Vincent.

"You don't understand, that box is special," his hands formed into fists as he watched Yuffie waving her butt at him. "Get down here Yuffie!"

"Make me! Better yet, why not climb up here yourself?" she replied, but Vincent didn't do anything but stare at her. "Oh well, if your not gonna do anything about it, I'll just open this up and claim my precious prize!"

She opened the box and found many different colored orbs inside; most of them though were white. But something was amiss here…

"Hey, what the…these materia have holes in them! Are these special type materia thingies?" she looked at the box confusingly.

"I swear Yuffie, if you lay one hand on them, I'll…I'll…"Vincent warned her, but Yuffie had already picked a white one up and examined it.

"Hey! There are writings here! Hm…Tiger Woods…who the heck's Tiger Woods?" Yuffie scratched her head in bewilderment.

"YUFFIE!" Vincent screamed.

"Vincent! What's wrong with you?" Red was getting worried of Vincent's sudden change in behavior. "You kind of seem out of character. Calm down.

"Calm down? How can I calm down! She just touched my 'Limited Edition Golf Balls' with pro golfer's signatures!" he cried. "They were untouched I tell you! Untouched!"

"Uhhh…" Red was unsure what to do himself. He never knew about Vincent's great obsession for the sport.

Yuffie kept fumbling through the golf balls, just incase there was any materia hidden among them, while Vincent trembled at the sight of her throwing them around the room like useless balls of paper.

"Man, no luck. Here's your box back." She threw the empty box to Vincent and hit him square in the face accidentally.

"That's it!" Vincent took out his gun and aimed it at Yuffie. No one seemed to care, however, about the situation before them, that there wasn't anyone who tried to stop the fight.

Yuffie got up immediately and barely evaded the first shot, but doing so, she fell a good many feet to the floor. Vincent walked up to her and aimed his gun down at her, "My fallen golf balls shall be avenged." Now she was really in trouble…big time.

Again, the rest is censored. Back at Barret and Cid's end of the table, Cid seemed to have been knocked out during their little prattle and Barret and Cloud looked highly amused.

"Heh, that'll teach him," Barret said, spitting on Cid.

"Well then, the team name shall be Avalanche then?" Cloud asked Barret and he nodded. "Guess we should tell the gang." But when Cloud faced the gang, all of them seemed to be having fights of their own. Tifa and Aerith were sprawled on the floor in a middle of a catfight, and Yuffie was hiding behind a pillar from Vincent who was being held back by Red XIII.

"You want me to…"Barret said, readying his gun arm, but was cut off by Cloud.

"Nah, let them cool down themselves" he told Barret as another bullet got fired from Vincent's gun.

"Humph, damned bastards got no self-control," Barret replied and sat himself down on a chair to stare at the commotion. Then, he looked around and realized… "Hey, where the hell Cait Sith?"

Cloud just shrugged.

While the group of FFVIII had just finished their argument, and FFVII has just started theirs, FFX is another story…

"How about Team Spira? After our world?" Lulu suggested

"Ah come on Lu, you already mentioned that for like, twelve times." Wakka complained.

The gang looked completely bored. No one had come up with any good names to use for their team, and the same suggestions have been repeated over and over.

"Well, if you guys can't think of anything, let's go for Yevon. Team Yevon. Sounds good, ya?" Wakka told the group.

"Ur lusa uh! Ed'c ymfyoc Yevon drec, Yevon dryd fedr oui. Oui'na cilr y tea-rynt Yevonite." Rikku exclaimed. She was getting so frustrated that she was talking in Al Bhed instead of English.

"Oh come on! It's always Yevon this, Yevon that with you. You're such a die-hard Yevonite."

"Er…come again?" Tidus looked questioningly at Rikku, but she only sighed at him.

"How about naming our team after an Aeon? I really love the name Valefor." Yuna suggested.

"Hud y lryhla," Rikku replied rolling her eyes. She wasn't acting like herself at all since they got together in groups.

"Not a chance."

Yuna, who apparently understood her, looked a little hurt.

Auron and Kimahri just sat at their seats, thinking how hopeless the situation was. They looked on at their comrades who were still suggesting the same names but none agreed on the other's suggestions. The five suggestions that have come up were Spira, Yevon, Valefor, Abes, and Al Bhed. None of them sounded good enough for the legendary guardian. So finally he spoke up.

"I would suggest that you think of a name that makes me care, 'cause if you can't even do that, I might as well forfeit this tournament." Auron told them, with a tone of irritation in his voice. His statement however helped stopped the argument between the summoner and her four guardians.

"Auron right. Name should be good name. A strong name." Kimahri said, agreeing with Auron.

"I guess we should think of something strong," Tidus said. His mind was deep in thought.

"Well, the one thing I could picture as strong is Sin. But that won't do good." Wakka said, scratching his head.

"What? My old man? Uh-uh, no way!" Tidus exclaimed, shaking his head like a maniac.

"Just a thought, ya."

"What about Fahrenheit. You know, pop's airship." Rikku suggested.

"Might as well be Celsius," Yuna replied, giggling.

"Brother's airship? Please, that's even worse!" Rikku shook her head.

"I was thinking The Blitzers, but…oh I dunno," Tidus said

"Man, you're too obsessed with Blitzball, you know," Rikku said, poking him with her elbow.

"So what? Blitzball is my life!"

"Then let me give you a little advice."

"What?"

"Get a life, will ya? And get a girl while you're at it!"

"I already have one!" Tidus replied, winking at Yuna, and she giggled back at him.

Lulu just sat at her seat looking at the group. Tidus and Rikku were arguing about blitzball and airships, Wakka was backing Tidus up, and Auron and Kimahri still sat there silently. Getting too bored with the situation, she glanced over to the other teams. Nothing special was happening in the FFVIII team, everyone was engaged in normal conversations, except for Irvine. When she gazed at the FFVII team, there were no other words to describe the situation, but 'real commotion'.

As she stared, she saw two girls propped on the floor. There was another girl, who had her tongue out, being choked by a guy in red. There was a red dog-like/cat-like thing biting the red guy's ankle. And finally, two guys, who sat at the table, not bothering to stop the commotion.

"Such uncivilized people," Lulu said to herself, but looks like she said louder that she originally intended.

"What you say Lu?" Wakka asked her, and followed her gaze.

Rikku, Tidus, and Yuna did the same and stared at the mayhem, not bothering to go over there and stop them.

"Hey look! That girl who's being choked. Is it just me or do we dress the same?" Rikku asked, pointing at poor Yuffie who was struggling in Vincent's grip.

"If you mean you both dress weird, then yeah," Tidus said, smirking at Rikku.

"What do you mean weird!" she replied in disbelief. "I prefer this outfit than the slutty one I wear in the sequel, you know."

"I have to agree with you in that one!" Yuna said. "Our outfits in the sequel were too revealing"

"Yeah, yeah. But as I was saying, what's up with your gloves? One's small, and one's freakishly big. I mean…" Tidus said but was cut off.

"This 'freakishly big' glove of mine comes in handy when I mix stuff, thank you very much." Rikky retorted. "Besides, I'm not about to get some fashion advice from a guy in overalls." She stuck her tongue out at him.

"Enough!" Auron yelled at them, pounding his fist on the table which startled everyone. "You haven't thought of a name for our team yet! And you all are just wasting our time with mindless prattle." He said to them, not bothering to lower his voice. "Twenty minutes have already passed; the hosts could be here…"

The door next to the stage opens unexpectedly, allowing Tiffany and Xain to enter.

"…any second" Kimahri finished Auron's sentence.

Tiffany walked up the stage, holding up her microphone, and as usual, Xain stayed below and leaned against the wall to let his sister do the talking.

"Okay teams, it's been twenty minutes, so I trust that you all have chosen a team name." She said looking at each of the three groups.

The group of FFVIII has moved closer to the stage, with Irvine having piggyback ride from a very reluctant Zell. He was having a particularly hard time with all the drool dropping down to his face. The commotion in FFVII has been held back by Cloud and Barret since it seemed like there would be no end to it if they didn't do anything. But now, Tifa and Aerith were in the middle of a Cold War instead of a World War, Yuffie avoided Vincent by sitting at the opposite side of the table from where he was, and Barret carried Cid in his shoulders and propped him on the floor when he got to the table. As for FFX, tension was running high since they haven't decided on a name yet. Auron and Kimahri seemed to be ashamed to call those people with them their teammates.

"Alright then, now that we're all gathered, let's reveal our team names, shall we?" Tiffany smiled at them. "FFVII, want to go first?" she looked at the team of FFVII.

"Highwind!"

"Highwind…that's an…interesting name,"she said, nodding.

"That's not our fuckin' team name, you piece of shit!" Barret yelled while clonking Cid in the head with his gun arm.

"It's Avalanche, Team Avalanche," Cloud said.

"Yeah, tha's right. Us in Team Avalanche will leave you losers in the dust!" Barret exclaimed to the other two teams.

"Avalanche, huh? That's what I first expected." Tiffany said. "Could you guys be any more obvious?" she giggled. "Ok, so for FFVII, we've got Team Avalanche. FFVIII, will you share yours?"

"Team Ragnarok!" Selphie exclaimed, punching a fist in the air.

"It'll be the end of your worlds once we're through with you!" Zell said, focusing mainly on Barret.

"Ragnarok? Well, wasn't really expecting that. I thought you'd go for SeeD." Tiffany replied. She felt a little 'let down' since she was expecting some cute names.

"Nice," Xain said to himself in the sidelines. He was rather fond with cool names, especially 'Ragnarok'.

"Alright, for FFVIII, we have Team Ragnarok!" Tiffany announced. "Now, FFX? You've got a team name?"

"Ohno,ohno,ohno,ohno,ohno! We don't have one!" a terrified Rikku said.

"Let's just go for Yevon ya? We don't have any other choice!" Wakka said.

"What? No way! Compared to those names they have? We'd be a laughing stock!" Tidus responded, disapprovingly.

"Yuna, you are the summoner here. The fate of our group lies on your hands" Lulu said ominously.

"Please Lulu, put no pressure!" Yuna said. She wasn't sure herself.

"Hey guys, we'll give you up to five minutes to think your name through, and then you'll have to tell us what you've decided. But remember, once you've decided, you cannot change it again." Tiffany told them. She thought that she should cut them some slack.

"Moogles! Why not Moogles?" Rikku suggested. "They're cute, and fluffy, and…and…fluffy."

"Reality check Rikku, we don't have Moogles where we live," Tidus told her.

"Yeah, I always wondered why. Atleast some Moogle Aeons would be nice." Yuna said dreamily, imagining she was summoning a Moogle Aeon.

"Ahem," Lulu said, pointing to her Moogle doll, but no one seemed to notice her.

"Hey Yuna, don't you have a Moogle dressthing?" Wakka asked Yuna. "I thought I saw you wearing it once in battle."

"You were wearing a Moogle costume in battle?" Tidus looked at Yuna, disbelieving.

"Hey! Don't ask me about it. Not like it was my choice. But I must admit, it has the best abilities." She told him. "Oh, and it was a Mascot dressshere Wakka."

"Hehe! Remember one of our missions Yunie? You know, where you had to wear 'the Gullwings' most prized dressphere'?" Rikku giggled.

"Yeah, I was itching like…" Yuna replied but was cut off by Auron.

"You people are impossible! You're wasting your time with mindless talk…again!" Auron yelled at them.

"Sheesh! Give us a break Auron. We were just talking." Tidus said.

"Talk later, think now!" Auron told them

"How about Chocobo?" Yuna suggested, half jokingly.

"Nice one, Yunie!" Rikku giggled.

Auron shook his head and leaned over to Kimahri, "Great, the other teams have Avalanche and Ragnarok, and we're stuck with Chocobo."

"I suppose you two don't have any idea what name we should use?" Lulu asked the two silent guardians. Auron shrugged, and Kimahri didn't answer.

"Well, it's been over five minutes people, and ronso, have you decided yet?" The hostess asked the team, but all of them shook their heads.

"Nemesis," Kimahri finally spoke up.

"Nemesis?" Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, and Rikku asked in unison.

"Nemesis, the strongest fiend of the Monster Arena." Lulu said in a-matter-of-factly tone.

"Hm…excellent choice Kimahri." Auron said, glancing at Kimahri, and the Ronso nodded back.

"Awsome! We've got a name that could knock the socks off the other teams!" Rikk exclaimed excitedly.

"Yeah, no doubt!" Tidus said, holding a hand up to Kimahri for a high five, but he didn't accept, so Rikku took it for him.

"Isn't that name a little too…I don't know…menacing?" Yuna said, in doubt.

"Well that's the point ya! Besides it's unanimous. Nemesis it is!" Wakka said to Yuna.

"Hey wait a minute! Last I checked, I'm the summoner here!" Yuna retorted.

"Wow Yunie, don't be so negative about the team name. And besides, there aren't any summoners anymore remember? You're a slut now, you know!" Rikku said jokingly.

Yuna's face was burning up due to Rikku's statement. "Well you were worse in the sequel. And F.Y.I., I'm a high summoner"

"Geez , can't you take a joke?" Rikku said. She wasn't in the mood to start a fight with her cousin.

"Okay…if you guys are finished arguing…"Tiffany stated, a little unsure about herself. "You sure you want to be Team Nemesis?

"Wait, n…" Yuna tried to stop them but she was held back by Wakka.

"Calm down ya. You'll learn to like it!" he told her.

"Like it, my ass," Yuna exclaimed. The group turned to her in shock. They have never heard their summoner curse before.

"Er…ahem…well, since it is unanimous, FFX shall now be Team Nemesis!" Tiffany told the crowd.

"About fucking time they chose a name." Cid said who apparently woke up minutes ago.

"Well, since that's all settled, the meeting is adjourned and you all better get yourself some shut eye. You'll never know who'll be going first tomorrow!" the hostess told the crowd. "My brother and I will see you here at 9:00 a.m. sharp for the first challenge. See you until then!" Tiffany said and she exited the room with Xain on her heels.

"Yo, what are we gonna do about him?" Zell asked the group, pointing at Irvine who still wasn't awakened from his revere.

"Just bring him up to your room. You, Squall, and Irvine are roommates after all." Quistis told him as she, Rinoa and Selphie left, with Angelo tagging along behind them.

"Oh come on!" Zell shouted at them, but they easily ignored him. Squall got up to head to their room, leaving Zell alone with Irvine. "Hey Squall! A little help here?" He called after him, but just like the girls, Squall disregarded him.

"Frickin hell."

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Next chapter: two challenges await! I decided to give you reviewers some power to vote for the team you want to win, 'cause some might complain that their favorite character lost, yatta yatta yatta. Just state the team/character in your review!

1st Challenge: Stealing Spree- Yuffie vs. Rikku

2nd Challenge: Iron Fist- Tifa vs. Zell

A/N So, what are you waiting for? Please read and review. It would really mean a lot to me!